So long as a man is faithful to himself, everything is in his favor, government, society, the very sun, moon, and stars.

The largest pond is as sensitive to atmospheric changes as the globule of mercury in its tube.

Methinks I am never quite committed, never wholly the creature of my moods, but always to some extent their critic. My only integral experience is in my vision. I see, perchance, with more integrity than I feel.

There is nothing more difficult to find than oneself.

Those who work much do not work hard.

Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.

The object of love expands and grows before us to eternity, until it includes all that is lovely, and we become all that can love.